Pliers.



No. 702,542. Patented June I7, I902.

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PLIERS. I

(Application filed May 22, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC A. COON, OF ELLENVILLE, NEW YORK.

PLIERS.

SPECIFIQATIQN forming part of I Letters Patent No. 702,542, dated June 17, 1902. Application filed May 22, 1900. Serial No- 17.557. (No model) To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAQ A. OOON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellenville, in the county of Ulster, State of New York, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Pliers ,and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to pliers; and it has for its object to provide as an article of manufacture a pair of pliers which will be simple in form and which may be easily made at a small cost, a further object of the invention being to provide a construction wherein the different members will be so arranged as to secure the best results.

In the drawings forming a'portion of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe pliers, showing them closed. Fig. 2 is a'side elevationof one jaw oi thepliers. Fig.3 is aside elevation of that jaw of the pliers that car ries the supplementary tools. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the jaw shown in Fig. 2, one of the side plates thereof being partly withdrawn. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the jaw portion of one member of the pliers.

Referring now to the drawings, the present pliers comprise two members a and b.

The member a comprises a handle portion 9, having a curved or arc-shaped jaw 61, the concave side of which is provided with teeth, as shown, and said member from the inner end of the jaw to a poin.t' substantially.midway of the ends-of the handleis reduced in thickness, as illustratedin Fig. 4, to form recesses, in which are engaged the plates cl and e, one end of each of which rests against the shoulder at the outer end of the reduced or recessed portion, while the opposite ends of the plates terminate short of theinner end of the jaw. Theplates'are held in-. place by the rivets 4l,=and the plate 6' at its upperedge adjacent to the jaw forms a cuttingj-bladefor the purpose'hereinafte'ri described.

The-second" member I) of the pliers comprises a handle portion 2, at one end of which is an arc-shaped jaw 3, corresponding to the jaw d, and which jaw 3 is corrugated on its convex face. Through the handle 2 at the inner end of the jaw 3is formedan opening 4, inwhich is received thereduce'd. or recessed portion of the member-a, lying between the "plates cl and e and the jaw (1. When the two portions are'engaged as described, a

pivot-pin 9 is engaged with the perforations 8 and thereof, and to permit the engagement of the members the plates d and e are re moved, when the member a, may be slid through the opening 4 inthe member I). The plates at and e are then fitted into the recesses, and the rivets t' are engaged therewith and with the perforations'h infthe member a. It will be seen that this structure permits of a cheap and [easily-manufactured article and that when the plates d and e arein' position the sides of the handles correspond in width.

Upon the member bis formed a cutting-blade 5, which has a shearing action against the plate d above referred to.

Upon the member I) is cast a block 6, projectingfrom the concave face of the jaw of said member, and this block is squared to form a hammer-head. The block 6 not only forms a hammer-head, but also forms a support for the finger7, which is of arc shape andprojects in thesame'direction with the jaw 3 and is separated therefrom'by a tapered interspace, the finger '7 i being somewhat shorter than the jaw 3 and beingsharpened at its end and side edges to -forlna cuttingblade,

The blade or finger 7 is used for opening cans, said blade being passed through the top of the can at such point thatthe jaw 3 may lie against the 'outerfaceof'the can, said jaw lholdingmhe'bladeata proper distance from the outer face of the can, as will'be understood. I

It willibe noted that the hammer and canopening blade are carried by the heavier memberJbofthepliersjand that the hammer not only actsasa hammer,:but asabasefor the can-opening blade,-while the jaw3 acts not only-as a gripping-jaw, but'asan element of the can opener. Hence in the process of opening a can portions 6, '7, and 3 cooperate.

What is claimed is-' 1. As an article of manufacture a pair of pliers comprising a member provided with a jaw and having an opening therethrough at loo the rear of the jaw, a second member reduced transversely and passed through the opening in the first member, and having it jaw beyond said reduced portion, plates removably secured in the reduced portions of the second member at the opposite side of the first member from the jaw of the second member, to lie flush with the sides of the first member, and a, pivot-pin engaging the members.

2. A pair of pliers comprising a member provided with a jaw and a lateral projection at the base of the jaw, and a blade mounted upon the lateral projection and extending in the same direction as the j aw, said blade terminating short of the outer end of the jaw.

In testimony whereof I sign my name and affix my seal, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 10th day of May, 1900.

ISAAC A. COON. [1,. 3.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK I. DAUCH, LEWIS W. FULLER. 

